2022 Kremenchuk missile strike

On 27 June 2022, missiles from the Russian Armed Forces were fired into central Kremenchuk in Poltava Oblast, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant. The attack killed at least 20 peopleУ Кременчуку загинули щонайменше 20 людей - ОП and injured at least 56.Россия нанесла удар по Кременчугу. Пострадал торговый центр, в котором находилось около тысячи людей A three-day period of official mourning was declared in the city.

Russia's defence ministry officially said they were responsible for the attack, saying that they hit a weapons depot in a nearby factory and that the detonation of munitions caused the fire to spread to the shopping centre. 
On June 29, the United Kingdom's Defence ministry said that it is possible that the missile was not aimed at the mall, but that is was intended to hit a nearby infrastructure target.
Russian media and officials carried conflicting stories about the attack. Those claims were found to be false by multiple organizations.

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